Destination: Llandovery. Up the Swansea
valley bike path to Coelbren, Henrhyd Falls, Craig-y-nos, left at Tafarn y
Garreg toward Trecastle, out towards Red Lion and down to Myddfai then to the
West End café for lunch. Return via Llangadog and the Black Mountains,
Brynamman, and back to the Swansea valley. Est 65 lumpy miles.

An alternative shorter route - Ian Davies
07813856969

As above to Trecastle then right to
Sennybridge and return via the Crai Reservoir, Est 46 miles

Destination: Kidwelly. Optional routes
to be decided by the leaders on the day

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Sunday: 04-Jun-17 Grade 2-3 ride

Meeting: Brecon Canal Basin / Theatre 10.00

Leader: Julian Griffiths 07816175402

Destination: Builth Wells. The B4520 to
Builth Wells and NCR8 alongside the river Wye returning to Brecon. Est 40 miles
with some lumps

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Wednesday: 07-Jun-17

Meeting: Pontardawe Cross 10.00

Leader: Peter Jones 07870454058

Destination: Aberdare. Up the Swansea
valley to Abercrave then cross over to Glynneath, up the back to Rhigos and
Hirwaun to Aberdare. Return down the Neath valley past Resolven, Cadoxton and
Neath, back over to Pontardawe via Bryncoch and Rhos.

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Sunday: 11-Jun-17 A Special ride.

Meeting: McDonald’s Briton Ferry 09.00

Leader: John Ridd 07883184834

Destination: The Royal Mint Llantrisant.
A tour of the Mint. Approx. 60 miles on a direct and flat route. An alternative
pick up point is at Pyle 10.00 which can reduce the distance to approx. 40
miles.

Approx arrival time 12.00. Lunch at the
café in the visitors centre, last tour 14.30.

Entry fee for the tour £13.00 and £11.50
for OAPs

Check out the web site – The Royal Mint
Experience

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Sunday: 11-Jun-17 an alternative Grade 2
Leisure ride.

Meeting: Gowerton 10.00

Leader: Colin Wooldridge 07816218443

Destination: Kidwelly. Along the coast
roads

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Wednesday: 14-Jun-17 a grade 3 Moderate
ride

Meeting: Burger King Neath 10.00

Leader: Ian Davies 07813856969

Destination: The Devil’s Elbow, Heol
Senni. Up the Dulais valley, cross over into the Swansea valley, coffee stop at
Craig-y-nos then up past the Cray reservoir and right to Heol Senni. Return via
Ystradfellte and the Neath valley. 50 miles with some lumps.

Also Wednesday: 14-Jun-17 a grade 2
Leisure ride

Meeting: Railway Inn Killay 10.00

Leader: Pat Hansard 07957287013

Destination: A Gower circular, lunch at
Scurlage.

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Sunday: 18-Jun-17 Grade 3 Moderate ride

Meeting: McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: Chris Walsh

Destination: The Bwlch. An anti-clockwise
route via the Ogmore valley and return via the Afan valley.

Destinsation: Southgate. Out via Mumbles
Head and return over the common. Approx 18 miles.

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Sunday: 25-Jun-17 Cycling UK Challenge
ride. Grade 5.

Meeting: Sailbridge 08.00

Leader: John Cardy 07711175337

Destination: The Des Radford 100 miler
(105 miles) Over the Black Mountains, up through Talley toward Dolacothi, back
through Llansawel, Abergorlech (lunch) Brechfa and zig zag all the way to
Ferryside then return to Swansea via the coast road.

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Sunday: 25-Jun-17 Grade 2 Leisure ride

Meeting: Railway Inn Killay 10.00

Leader: Jon Davies 07795574317

Destination: A Gower circular, lunch at
Scurlage.

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Tue 27, Wed 28, Thur 29-Jun-17. The
Devon C2C ride

Meeting: Barnstaple 13.00

Leader: Ian Davies 07813856969

Destination: Ilfracombe to Plymouth
coast to coast

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Wednesday 28-June-17 Swansea

Meeting: McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: Peter Jones 07870454058

Destination: Parc Slip. Stopping at
Aberavon on the return. Approx 40 miles

Up via the Neath valley, Hirwaun,
Penderyn, Cwm Cadlan, Llwn-on reservoir and A470, A4054. Lunch in the Red Cow
Pontsticill. Return via NCR 8 and 46 to Hirwaun and the Neath valley. 56 miles
with some lumps.

Destination: A Gower Granny Grinder! It
is as it sounds – a lumpy ride involving Three Crosses (2), Llanmorlais,
Llanrhydian, Cefn Bryn and Penny Hitch plus some more.

Wednesday: 23-Aug-17. Grade 2 Leisure
ride

Meeting: Gowerton 10.00

Leader: To be confirmed on the day

Destination: An anti-clockwise Gower
circular and hopefully meeting up with the Granny Grinders for lunch at The
King Arthur Reynoldston. Out via Penclawdd, The Marsh Road, Oldwalls, Weobly
and Cheriton. Return over Cefn Bryn.

New Year Easy
Rider Lunch ride! An easy circular route via cycle paths and quiet roads –
initially up the Swansea Valley and then across to Neath for coffee before
continuing to Bryncoch for lunch. Return via Fabian Way

Climb to
Three Crosses and the Penclawdd ridge, with an easy descent to Crofty and
Penclawdd (Cariad cafe); then Llanelli North Dock or Pwll for lunch and an easy
return. All climbing over within first hour; about 30 miles

Taking the
long way round! Mainly flat, but some Grade 3 Moderate hills to climb

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Wed 10-Feb-16
Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting: Railway Inn Killay 10.00

Leader:
Dave Naylor 01792 233755

Destination:
Llanmadoc – Arthur’s Stone. Penclawdd, Llanridian, Llanmadoc PO and
coffee shop for lunch. A short cut using a bridleway cuts out a steep climb,
then on to Reynoldston, over the Bryn and back to Killay. 16 riders, 36 miles.

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Sun 14-Feb-16 Grade 3 Moderate Ride

Meeting:
McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: John
Cardy 07711175337

Destination:
First Winter assault on the Bwlch. Up and back down. 46 miles 13 riders

Option for
the MTB centre Glyncorrwg for a shorter ride and earlier lunch.

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Sun
14-Feb-16 Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting:
Railway Inn Killay 10.00

Leader: Pat
Hansard 07957287013

Destination:
Weobly Castle. Cycle track and lanes to
Blue Anchor and Weobly Castle, with lunch at King Arthur (Reynoldston). Return
over Cefn Bryn and Marsh Road. Some hills, about 30 miles.

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Wed
17-Feb-16 Thurs 18-Feb-16 Grade 3 Moderate ride

Meeting:
Pontardawe Cross 10.00

Leader: Ian
Davies 07813 856969

Destination: The
Dove Workshops Dyfryn Cellwen. Out via CGC, Brynamman, Cwmllynfell and
Ystradgynlais. Bike path to Colbren and back roads to the lunch stop. Return
via the Dulais valley, over Rhos Common and back down into Ystalyfera, bike
path back to Pontardawe. Est 36 miles

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Sun 21-Feb-16 Joint Ride
Grade 3 Moderate Ride

Meeting: McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: John
Ridd 07883184834

Destination:
Mam’s in Maesteg for Mam’s buffet lunch.

Mam’s Buffet
Ride. Up the Afan valley cycle track, down the Llinfi valley and back via Pyle
and Margam. 38 miles 9 Riders

Destination:
Rivers and canals in two valleys. Swansea
Valley cycle route to Ystradgynlais for lunch in the Loaf Café before a climb
to Crynant, with an easy return down the Neath Valley. 30 miles, 10 riders

Climb to
Three Crosses and the Penclawdd ridge, with an easy descent to Crofty and
Penclawdd (Cariad cafe); then Llanelli North Dock or Pwll for lunch and an easy
return. All climbing over within first hour. 32 miles 12 riders

Up the Neath valley and
over to Penderyn, over Cwm Cadlan to Lwynon Reservoir, down the A470 to Merhyr
and then climb up to Pontsticill. Return via Llywdcoed and Hirwaun. A lumpy
ride of 56 miles. 11 riders

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Sun
03-Apr-16: Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting: Main Library
09.15 or Asda Morriston 10.00

Leader: Dale Hall

Destination: Craig-y-nos
Country Park. Swansea Valley cycle route
to Ystradgynlais and then roads to the country park. 36 miles 10 riders

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Wed 06-Apr-16:
Grade 3 Moderate Ride CANCELLED

Meeting:
Burger King Neath 10.00

Leader: Peter
Jones 07870454058

Destination:
Aberdare. Up the Neath valley with one long hill, 40 miles.

Destination: Pembrey
Country Park. Clyne trackway (NCR4) to
Gowerton and Llanelli North Dock; then via Swiss Valley route to Horeb and over
Mynydd Pembrey to Pembrey Park for lunch. Return via NCR4 and Millennium track.
Mainly easy but with one climb; 42 miles 7 riders

Grade 1 option to go
straight to the Café in Pembrey after North Dock. 30 miles 5R

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Wed 13-Apr-16:
Grade 3 Moderate CANCELLED

Meeting: Pontardawe
10.00

Leader: Peter
Jones 07870454058

Destination:
Pontneddfechan,

Up the
Swansea valley to Abercrave, over to Glynneath, onto Pontneddfechan, dining at
the White Horse Inn, returning to Pontardawe down the Neath valley to Cadoxton,
passing Bryncoch, Rhos and down to Pontardawe. Est 40 miles.

Grade 2
Option

John White
will take an anticlockwise route from Pontardawe to the Dove workshops in
Dyffryn Cellwen for lunch. Out via Rhos, Cadoxton, and up the Dulais Valley
through Crynant and Seven Sisters. Home via the Swansea Valley cycle path.

32 miles.13
Riders

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Sun 17-Apr-16:
Grade 4 Challenging Ride

Meeting:
McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: Ian
Davies 07813856969

Destination:
Treorchy for lunch via the Bwlch, return over the Rhigos and back down the
Neath valley. A lumpy 50 miles. 8 riders

Up the Dulais
valley to Crynant, over the common to pick up the bike path to Colbren, down to
the Swansea valley and up to Crai and Heol Senni. Return via Ystradfellte,
Pontneddfechan and back down the Neath Valley. An early lunch snack at
Craig-y-nos on the way, maybe a pint in the New Inn Ystradfellte on the way
back? Est 50 lumpy miles 36 miles
5 riders

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Sun
01-May-16: Grade 2 Leisure ride CANCELLED

Meeting:
McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: John
Ridd 07883184834

Destination:
Betws Mid Glam. For a visit to John’s oldest friend Graham and his wife Chris
for some fabulous homemade cooking. Est 35-40 miles

Destination: An easy paced ride from the Sail Bridge SA1 through the
University Bay Campus to second pick up at McDonalds Baglan. On to Port Talbot
for lunch at La Memos. Return journey via Aberavon beach. A flat ride of about
20 miles from Swansea or 10 miles from McDonald’s Baglan.

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Sat 07-May-16
to Sat 14-May-16: The Pembrokeshire Tour

Meeting:
Trefin, North West Pembrokeshire Saturday evening.

Leader: Ian
Davies 07813856969

Destination:
A cycling tour of north Pembrokeshire including circular rides and also walking
some sections of the coastal path.

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Sun 08-May-16:
Grade 3 Moderate Ride

Meeting: Asda
Morriston 09.15, Pontardawe Cross 10.00

Leader: John
White 07729839247

Destination:
Sennybridge. Up and back via Ystradgynlais and Cray.

The Biker’s
Café for lunch. 50-60 miles

Sun
08-May-16: Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting:
Meeting: Asda Morriston 09.15, Pontardawe Cross 10.00

Leader: To be
decided on the day

Destination:
Craig-y-nos. 32-38 miles

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Wed 11-May-16: Grade 2 Leisure ride

Meeting:
Railway Inn Killay 10.00 Blackpill 10.15

Leader: Dave
Naylor 01792 233755

Destination:
Porteynon. A south Gower loop.

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Sun
15-May-16. Grade 2-3 ride.

Meeting:
Sainsbury’s 10.00

Leader: To be
decided on the day.

Destination: The
Lliw Reservoir Mynydd y Gwair. MTB Centre Glyncorrwg

Sun 15-May-16:
Grade 2 Leisure Ride. Away Day

Meeting:
Newport TBC 10.00

Leader: Dale
Hall 07771847768

Destination: An easy-paced heritage ride to the best sights
in Newport – a 17th Century House, a late 18th Century staircase of 14 locks on
the Brecon-Monmouth Canal, and an early 20th Century bridge (with options to
cross by ‘gondola’ and/or walk the superstructure (safe but caution and a head
for heights needed!))

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Wed
18-May-16: Grade 2 Leisure ride

Meeting:
Burger King Neath 10.00

Leader: Ian
Davies 07813856969

Destination: Three valley ride up the Dulais, over to the Swansea
Valley and up to the Dove Workshops in Dyffryn Cellwen for lunch. Back down the
Neath Valley.

32m 14 Riders

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Thursday
19-May-16: Grade 1 Easy Ride

Meeting: Main
Library 10.00

Leader: Don
Ashman 07816472571

Destination:
The Purple Badger, Llanrhidian. Est 25 miles.

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Sun
22-May-16: Grade 4 Challenging Ride

Meeting:
Llandovery 10.00

Leader: John
Cardy 07711175337

Destination:
The Devil’s Staircase and loop around Llyn Brianne. Est 40+ miles

There isn’t a
suitable lunch stop on route – bring a packed lunch.

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Sun
22-May-16: Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting:
McDonald’s Briton Ferry 10.00

Leader: Terry
Ryan 07796 077144

Destination:
Ogmore by Sea

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Wed
25-May-16: Grade 3-4 Ride

Meeting:
Pontardawe Cross 10.00

Leader: Len
Griffiths 07484241933

Destination:
The Storey Arms Circular. Up the Swansea Valley to the Cray Reservoir, over to
Heol Senni and across to connect with the A470, back toward the Storey Arms,
over the beacons to Penderyn, Hirwaun, down the Neath valley and back over to
Pontardawe. 100km 63 miles

A
Grade 1-2 Option. Up to Craig-y-nos and return same way. 22 miles

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Thurs
26-May-16: Grade 1 Easy Ride

Meeting: Sail
Bridge Marina

Leader: Terry
Ryan 07796 077144

Destination: Crymlyn Circular (half-day ride)

Only 20 miles
but with one significant climb and one or two other minor lumps; but with
coffee stops en-route and for chat at the end. Pace c.10 mph

Destination:
Bath-Bristol Away day Trail of Two Cities – to Bristol Docks for an early
waterside lunch; then crossing the Suspension Bridge before riding via the
cycle path to Bath to tour the sites. Options for an earlier return or to ride
the canal path to Dundas and the Two Tunnels route back to Bath. 51 easy miles
with longer ride returning to Park and Ride by 7pm. 8 riders

A circular
route part following the tow path of the Brecon canal and country lanes to
Llangorse Lake. Pub lunch at Llangorse
village (please note pubs in this area only offer sunday roast dinner, our
chosen pub is willing to split one sunday roast between two people!). The route continues through the village of
Llangynidr onto the tow path and back to Brecon canal basin. Approximately 25
miles, a comfortable ride with a few 'undulations'. 4R 33m.

Grade
1 Easy Ride

Meeting:
Norwegian Church Marina

Leader: Don
Ashman 07816472571

Destination:
Efail fach 5R 30m.

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Wed
20-Jul-16: Grade 2

Meeting:
Gowerton 10.00

Leader: Mike
Brewer 07879123859

Destination:
Ferryside, lunch in Kidwelly.

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Sun
24-Jul-16: Grade 2-3 ride

Meeting: JC
Residence Tenby 10.00

Leader: John
Cardy 07711175337

Destination:
A mystery tour – in search of Brunel.

Sun
24-Jul-16: Grade 2 ride CANCELLED

Meeting: Main
Library Marina 10.00

Leader: Pat
Hansard

Destination:
The Mountain Bike Centre Glyncorrwg

Grade
1 Ride

Meeting: Main
Library Marina 10.00

Leader: Don
Ashman 07816472571

Destination:
Points East

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Wed
27-Jul-16: Grade 3 ride

Meeting: The
Sail Bridge 10.00 Burger King Neath
10.30

Leader:
Howard Davies 07548199516

Destination:
The 7 Valleys Ride. Swansea to the Neath valley, up the Dulais valley, over to
the Swansea valley, then to Brynamman (lunch at the Black Mtn Centre)
Ammanford, Pontarddulais and back to Swansea.

Up the Afan
Valley and the Bwlch to the highest point in Glamorgan, return via the Rhigos
and down the Neath Valley 48/60 miles.

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Sun
14- Aug-16: Grade 2 Leisure Ride

Meeting:
Dunvant Rugby Club 10.00

Leader: David
Naylor

Gower Festival
: King Arthur’s Stone To Reynoldston via scenic Welshmoor and Fairyhill to
lunch at the King Arthur. Then visit the Stone for great views and a long
freewheel with options thereafter. 25 miles with some hills.

Grade
1 Ride

Meeting: Black
Pill 11.00 or 14.00

Leader: Nick
Guy

Destination: Life
Cycle Ride. Short coastal rides with Lighthouse Theatre actors enacting Swansea
history – 6-10 flat miles (£5 charge for this ride)

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Wed
17-Aug-16: Grade 2 Leisure ride

Meeting: Dunvant
RFC 09.15 The Sail Bridge, Marina 10.00

Leader: Dale
Hall 07771847768

Destination:
Rivers and Canals. Up the Swansea Valley to Ystradgynlais for lunch followed by
a climb over to Crynant and then down the Dulais Valley to Aberdulais Falls and
homeward via the Neath and Tennant canal path. 34/46 miles.